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The Speed Girl
1921 film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Speed Girl is a lost[1] 1921 American silent comedy film produced by Realart Pictures and released through Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Maurice Campbell, a Broadway director and producer, and starred Bebe Daniels, then a popular 20-year-old veteran film actress.[2][3]
The film was supposedly expanded into a screenplay from Bebe Daniels's real life jail sentence of 10 days for speeding.[4]
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Plot
As described in a film magazine,[5] screen star Betty Lee is in love with naval officer Tom Manley. Tom is due back on his ship at a certain hour and Betty, not realizing the importance of this, sets his watch back. When she is told that he will be court-martialed if he is not on deck on time, Betty endeavors to get him back in town. She is arrested for speeding and put in a jail cell. Hundreds of fans visit, and Judge Ketcham (Courtright), who had sentenced her, brings a bouquet and apologizes. Betty befriends a fellow prisoner and is instrumental in helping her, too.
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Cast
- Bebe Daniels as Betty Lee
- Theodore von Eltz as Tom Manley
- Frank Elliott as Carl D'Arcy
- Walter Hiers as Soapy Taylor
- Norris Johnson as Hilda
- Truly Shattuck as Mrs. Lee
- William Courtright as Judge Ketcham
- Barbara Maier as Little Girl
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